var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
function loadXML(xmlFile)
{
 xmlDoc.async="false";
 xmlDoc.onreadystatechange=verify;
 xmlDoc.loadXML(xmlFile);
 xmlObj=xmlDoc.documentElement;
 return xmlObj;
}

function verify()
{
 // 0 Object is not initialized
 // 1 Loading object is loading data
 // 2 Loaded object has loaded data
 // 3 Data from object can be worked with
 // 4 Object completely initialized
 if (xmlDoc.readyState != 4)
 {
   return false;
 }
}